Charming win from Bavarian Lady
At her fourth career start, our little, sassy Bavarian Lady won her maiden at Murtoa yesterday.
Just missing out last start, and under the guidance of under-rated senior jockey Jarrod Lorensini, it was very special to have these colours return to the winner’s stall for the first time for our stable.
Bavarian Lady is out of handy mare, Charmed Lady, who was raced by Coombes Family – well known and loved characters of Victorian horse racing. Ray Coombes isn’t in the best of health, so he didn’t renew his trainer’s licence this year. We were thrilled to be able to offer shares in this girl along with Ray, Eileen and Deon and it is very fitting that she wears their colours!
She is only little, but she has plenty of attitude!
Poet Tortures Rivals
It was not a shock, but more like a pleasant suprise when Tortured Poet won at Donald yesterday."Big Tom" as he is affectionately called around the stables, has been working well and this race was being treated as a lead up to longer distances. So the...
Pria Eclipse No Longer The Bridesmaid
She's the size of pony, but she doesn't think so.After running 2nd on two previous occasions, our little fire cracker, Pria Eclipse broke through at Bendigo yesterday.Ridden perfectly by our apprentice, Lucy Doodt, it was a big thrill for everyone involved, especially...
Elite Tiger Roars Again
Elite Tiger has turned into a handy little horse! Yesterday at Ballarat he went into his race a 20/1 shot against the favourite who only beat him by a bob of the head the start prior. We don't think that will happen again. Dan waited for a more suitable surface...
Aurelius Bounces Back
Our second meeting within a week on the Geelong Synthetic also saw our second win with Aurelius Hero. After failing on a very heavy track at Warrnambool, Dan decided to run him at Geelong, where he had won impressively in a previous preparation. "It makes...
A Princess Emerges
This year has, so far, seen the retirement of several stable stalwarts in Beer Garden, British General, Tuscan Fire and the early retirement of rising star, Bahamas. So it was perfect timing that one of our up and coming stayers, Valhalla Princess broke through for...
Hometown Win For Elite Tiger
It's always a good day for Dan if he can return to his hometown for the day and produce a winner. So yesterday it was even more of a thrill to have a win for the locally bred and owned Elite Tiger. "He was first up yesterday and he had been working really...
Fine Evader Returns To The Winner’s Stall
It was terriffic to have Fine Evader, affectionately known around the stables as Rusty, back in the winner's stall at Colac yesterday. Fine Evader has been a long term project with him taking his time to mature mentally, so we are very thankful for the patience...
Jumping revives Dynamic Balance
Dynamic Balance notched up her third career win at Colac yesterday. It had been a while between drinks, nearly 12 months in fact, and Dan claims that the hurdles have been the reason for revival in form. It's not unusual for Dan to use the logs in the warm up...
Doodt cuts teeth at King Island
Story by Luke Sheehan - Racing.com Racing Victoria third-year apprentice Lucy Doodt has adopted the ‘have saddle, will travel’ motto in her first nine months of racing, and doing so has paid dividends. The Ballarat-based hoop, 18, is apprenticed...
British General retires
And so it appears our big, brave, handsome soldier, British General has fought his last battle. If they awarded the Victoria Cross to horses there would be no other more worthy than this guy. A survivor of the Black Saturday bush fires, he became a shining light...
